
qualifications: PhD
contribution: conceptualized the study, obtained the data, carried out the analyses, and drafted the manuscript
position: Postdoctoral research associate
United States
My research interests are cancer disparities, survivorship, social determinants of health, application of community-based system dynamics and group model building(GMB)approaches to understanding disparities in health.

qualifications: PhD
contribution: contributed to the conceptualization of the study, drafted some subsections, and revised the manuscript
position: Community development state specialist

qualifications: PhD
contribution: contributed to the conceptualization of the study, drafted some subsections, and revised the manuscript
position: Professor
United States
I am a survey researcher, focusing on rural regions in the American Midwest, Africa and the Former Soviet Union

qualifications: PhD
contribution: helped with the analysis and contributed to the manuscript
position: Director of the Oxbridge-Africa Mathematics Programme
United Kingdom
I'm a statistician with strong interests in poverty, health, education and human rights. And mathematics of course.
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